Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

• become aware of the importance of the Earth's renewable and non-renewable resources
• come to appreciate the need to conserve the Earth's resources
• explore some examples of the interrelationship of climate, natural features, flora, fauna and human life in different environments in Ireland and in some of the main climatic regions of the world
• foster an appreciation of the ways in which people use the Earth's resources
• identify, discuss and appreciate attractive and unattractive elements of natural and human environments
• recognise and investigate aspects of human activities which may have positive or adverse effects on environments